Maserati MCC

2004 Geneva Auto Show

At the Geneva auto show, Maserati made clear its intentions to get back into big-time racing—something it hasn’t done since the 1960s. The company unveiled the sinister-looking sports racer, code-named MCC. This mid-engine car, constructed almost entirely of carbon fiber and weighing about 2500 pounds, will make its racing debut sometime in the second half of the 2004 FIA GT Championship season. Maserati will run a two-car factory team and sell at least a couple of the racers to privateers to campaign. Although the company won’t confirm it, we’ll be shocked if this car isn’t on the grid at the 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans. And since FIA regulations require a production run of at least 25 roadgoing cars to make one of them eligible to race, a street version of this supercar is ensured. Officially, Maserati says it’s undecided if more than the required 25 will be built, but rumor has it the company will. All 25 of the required homologation cars will be built by midsummer. The roadgoing car, code-named MCS, also appeared at Geneva. It shares the racer’s 6.0-liter V-12 and six-speed sequential gearbox. The engine is a 65-degree V, which you might recognize as the same configuration as the Ferrari Enzo’s V-12. Maserati would not confirm a horsepower rating at press time, but 650 horsepower seems about right. The huge rear wing of the racer pictured here will likely be replaced on the street car by a more modest, motorized spoiler of the kind found on the Enzo. Price? Maserati acknowledges only that the MCS will cost less than the $659,430 Enzo. It’s hard to imagine it would be priced under $500,000.

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